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Fish-passing system and a fish-passing method with tourist ornamental function

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Assignee: POWERCHINA GUIYANG ENGINEERING CORP LTDPriority: May 6, 2022Filed: Apr 14, 2023Granted: Dec 3, 2024
Est. expiryMay 6, 2042(~15.8 yrs left)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Y02A40/60E02B 1/006E02B 8/085E02B 8/08
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Abstract

This disclosure discloses a fish-passing system and a fish-passing method with tourist ornamental function, belonging to the technical field of water conservancy and hydropower ecological protection. The system comprises a dam, a Ferris wheel, a water supplement component, and a central controller ( 9 ). The upstream of the dam is equipped with a fish-release chute, and one end of the fish-release chute extends into the water body of the dam reservoir. The downstream of the dam is equipped with a fish passage transfer mechanism, and the fish passage transfer mechanism is connected to the downstream water body of the dam through a fish passage. The Ferris wheel is located between the fish passage transfer mechanism and the fish-release chute, and a number of human-ascending mechanisms ( 8 ) are evenly arranged on the Ferris wheel.

Claims

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       1. A fish-passing system with tourist ornamental function, comprising a dam structure ( 1 ), a Ferris wheel ( 6 ), a water supplementation component ( 5 ), and a central controller ( 9 );
 the dam structure ( 1 ) is equipped with an upstream discharge slide ( 4 ), with one end of the discharge slide ( 4 ) extending into a water body of a dam reservoir; 
 a downstream section of the dam structure ( 1 ) features a fish transfer mechanism ( 7 ) connected to the water body downstream of the dam structure ( 1 ) through a fishway ( 2 ); the Ferris wheel ( 6 ) is positioned between the fish transfer mechanism ( 7 ) and the discharge slide ( 4 ) and is equipped with a plurality of fish-carrying and human-ascending fish mechanisms ( 8 ); 
 one end of the water supplementation component ( 5 ) extends into the water body of the dam structure ( 1 ), and the other end is connected to the fish transfer mechanism ( 7 ); 
 the central controller ( 9 ) is connected to the Ferris wheel ( 6 ), the fish transfer mechanism ( 7 ), and the plurality of fish-carrying and human-ascending fish mechanisms ( 8 ); 
 the fish transfer mechanism ( 7 ) includes a water collection downward slope section ( 32 ) and a transport fish tank A ( 33 ); 
 one end of the water collection downward slope section ( 32 ) is connected to the fishway ( 2 ) through a water collection horizontal section ( 31 ), and the other end is inclined downward; the transport fish tank A ( 33 ) is located at an end of the water collection downward slope section ( 32 ), away from the fishway ( 2 ), and the transport fish tank A ( 33 ) is lower than the water collection downward slope section ( 32 ); the plurality of fish-carrying and human-ascending fish mechanisms ( 8 ) comprise a touring passenger cabin ( 61 ) and a transfer chute ( 36 ); 
 the touring passenger cabin ( 61 ) has fish transportation components A ( 62 ) on a side near a fish transfer mechanism ( 7 ) and fish transportation components B ( 63 ) on a side near the discharge slide ( 4 ); 
 one end of the transfer chute ( 36 ) is connected to a lower part of the fish transportation components A ( 62 ), while another end of the transfer chute ( 36 ) is inclined downward and connected to a lower part of the fish transportation components B ( 63 ); and 
 the transport fish tank A ( 33 ) comprises a box body ( 334 ), a sliding sleeve ( 335 ), and gate A ( 332 ); 
 a bottom of the box body ( 334 ) is equipped with multiple parallel support legs ( 331 ); an upper side of the box body ( 334 ) opens on a side away from the water collection downward slope section ( 32 ); 
 the sliding sleeve ( 335 ) is located on an upper inner side of the box body ( 334 ), and two ends of the sliding sleeve ( 335 ) slide on an inner wall of the box body ( 334 ) through sliding plates ( 333 ); 
 the sliding sleeve ( 335 ) is connected to the box body ( 334 ) through multiple parallel hydraulic rods ( 337 ), and the gate A ( 332 ) is positioned on an inner side of the sliding sleeve ( 335 ); and 
 the gate A ( 332 ) is connected to a top of the sliding sleeve ( 335 ) through actuator A ( 336 ), which is electrically connected to the central controller ( 9 ). 
 
     
     
       2. The fish-passing system with tourist ornamental function as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the fishway ( 2 ) is designed as a vertical slot fishway, and one end of the fishway ( 2 ) near the fish transfer mechanism ( 7 ) is inclined upward. 
     
     
       3. The fish-passing system with tourist ornamental function as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein fish transportation components A ( 62 ) comprises a transport fish tank B ( 34 ) and a sub-controller A ( 37 );
 an upper side of the transport fish tank B ( 34 ) features an opening, and a slot A ( 343 ) is established on the transport fish tank B ( 34 ) at a position corresponding to the transfer chute ( 36 ); 
 vertical sliding grooves A are machined on the transport fish tank B ( 34 ), connecting to the slot A ( 343 ), and gate B ( 341 ) slides within a vertical groove A; 
 gate B ( 341 ) is connected to a top of the transport fish tank B ( 34 ) through electric cylinder B ( 342 ); and 
 the sub-controller A ( 37 ) is electrically connected to the electric cylinder B ( 342 ) and wirelessly connected to the central controller ( 9 ). 
 
     
     
       4. The fish-passing system with tourist ornamental function as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the fish transportation components B ( 63 ) comprises a transport fish tank C ( 35 ) and a sub-controller B ( 38 );
 an upper side of the transport fish tank C ( 35 ) features an opening, and a slot B ( 353 ) is established on the transport fish tank C ( 35 ) at a position corresponding to the transfer chute ( 36 ); 
 at a lower part of a side of the transport fish tank C ( 35 ) opposite the touring passenger cabin ( 61 ), a discharged outlet ( 354 ) is established, and a vertical sliding groove B is established on the transport fish tank C ( 35 ), connecting to the discharged outlet ( 354 ); 
 gate C ( 351 ) slides within the vertical groove B and is connected to a top of the transport fish tank C ( 35 ) through electric cylinder C ( 352 ); and 
 the sub-controller B ( 38 ) is electrically connected to the electric cylinder C ( 352 ) and wirelessly connected to the central controller ( 9 ). 
 
     
     
       5. The fish-passing system with tourist ornamental function as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the water supplementation component ( 5 ) comprises a water supply tank ( 53 );
 the water supply tank ( 53 ) is positioned at a height 0.5 m˜1 m above a top surface of the fish transfer mechanism ( 7 ); 
 the water supply tank ( 53 ) is connected to the dam structure ( 1 ) through a water supply pipe A ( 51 ), with one end extending into the water body of the dam structure ( 1 ) and connected to an electric ball valve A ( 52 ); 
 the water supply pipe A ( 51 ) is arranged in a winding manner, and the water supply tank ( 53 ) is connected to the fish transfer mechanism ( 7 ) through a water supply pipe B ( 54 ); 
 the electric ball valve A ( 52 ) and an electric ball valve B are both electrically connected to the central controller ( 9 ). 
 
     
     
       6. A method of fish-passing system with tourist ornamental function as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein, comprising the following steps in sequence:
 A. fish ascending through a fishway ( 2 ) to a water collection horizontal section ( 31 ) and then sliding down a water collection downward slope section ( 32 ) into the transport fish tank A ( 33 ); 
 B. performing intermittent equidistant rotational movement by a Ferris wheel ( 6 ); 
 when one of a plurality of fish-carrying and human-ascending fish mechanisms ( 8 ) aligns with the transport fish tank A ( 33 ), another one of the plurality of fish-carrying and human-ascending fish mechanisms ( 8 ) aligns with a discharge slide ( 4 ); 
 C. activating the transport fish tank A ( 33 ) to release a fish population inside the transport fish tank A ( 33 ) into a fish transportation component A of the plurality of fish-carrying and human-ascending fish mechanisms ( 8 ) at the instant when the Ferris wheel ( 6 ) switches from a rotating state to a paused state; 
 simultaneously, activating a fish transportation component B within the another one of the plurality of the fish-carrying and human-ascending mechanism ( 8 ) aligned with the discharge slide ( 4 ) to release the fish population onto the discharge slide ( 4 ); 
 subsequently, the fish population sliding down the discharge slide ( 4 ) into a water body of a dam reservoir; 
 D. resuming rotation of the Ferris wheel ( 6 ), and prior to the next impending pause, activating the fish transportation component A that has just received the fish population in step C; 
 meanwhile, closing a discharged outlet ( 354 ) by the fish transportation component B that had released the fish population in step C; 
 as the Ferris wheel ( 6 ) continues to rotate by one-third of an equidistant angle, closing the discharged outlet ( 354 ) by both the transport fish tank A ( 33 ) and the fish transportation component A; and 
 E. repeating steps C and D to gradually raise the fish population from a downstream water body of a dam structure ( 1 ) to the water body of the dam reservoir. 
 
     
     
       7. The method of fish-passing system with tourist ornamental function as claimed in  claim 6 , wherein, the fishway ( 2 ) is designed as a vertical slot fishway, and one end of the fishway ( 2 ) near a fish transfer mechanism ( 7 ) is inclined upward. 
     
     
       8. The method of fish-passing system with tourist ornamental function as claimed in  claim 6 , wherein the transport fish tank A ( 33 ) comprises a box body ( 334 ), a sliding sleeve ( 335 ), and gate A ( 332 );
 a bottom of the box body ( 334 ) is equipped with multiple parallel support legs ( 331 ); an upper side of the box body ( 334 ) opens on a side away from the water collection downward slope section ( 32 ); 
 the sliding sleeve ( 335 ) is located on an upper inner side of the box body ( 334 ), and the sliding sleeve ( 335 ) has two ends and the two ends slide on a inner wall of the box body ( 334 ) through sliding plates ( 333 ); 
 the sliding sleeve ( 335 ) is connected to the box body ( 334 ) through multiple parallel hydraulic rods ( 337 ), and the gate A ( 332 ) is positioned on an inner side of the sliding sleeve ( 335 ); and 
 the gate A ( 332 ) is connected to a top of the sliding sleeve ( 335 ) through actuator A ( 336 ), which is electrically connected to a central controller ( 9 ). 
 
     
     
       9. The method of fish-passing system with tourist ornamental function as claimed in  claim 6 , wherein the fish transportation component A comprises a transport fish tank B ( 34 ) and a sub-controller A;
 an upper side of the transport fish tank B ( 34 ) features an opening, and a slot A ( 343 ) is established on the transport fish tank B ( 34 ) at a position corresponding to a transfer chute ( 36 ); 
 vertical sliding grooves A are machined on the transport fish tank B ( 34 ), connecting to the slot A ( 343 ), and gate B ( 341 ) slides within a vertical groove A; 
 the gate B ( 341 ) is connected to a top of the transport fish tank B ( 34 ) through electric cylinder B ( 342 ); and 
 the sub-controller A ( 37 ) is electrically connected to the electric cylinder B ( 342 ) and wirelessly connected to a central controller ( 9 ). 
 
     
     
       10. The method of fish-passing system with tourist ornamental function as claimed in  claim 6 , wherein the fish transportation component B comprises a transport fish tank C ( 35 ) and a sub-controller B ( 38 );
 an upper side of the transport fish tank C ( 35 ) features an opening, and a slot B ( 353 ) is established on the transport fish tank C ( 35 ) at a position corresponding to a transfer chute ( 36 ); 
 at a lower part of the side of the transport fish tank C ( 35 ) opposite a touring passenger cabin ( 61 ), a discharged outlet ( 354 ) is established, and a vertical sliding groove B is established on the transport fish tank C ( 35 ), connecting to the discharged outlet ( 354 ); 
 gate C ( 351 ) slides within the vertical groove B and is connected to a top of the transport fish tank C ( 35 ) through electric cylinder C ( 352 ); and 
 the sub-controller B ( 38 ) is electrically connected to electric cylinder C ( 352 ) and wirelessly connected to a central controller ( 9 ). 
 
     
     
       11. The method of fish-passing system with tourist ornamental function as claimed in  claim 6 , wherein a water supplementation component ( 5 ) comprises a water supply tank ( 53 );
 the water supply tank ( 53 ) is positioned at a height 0.5 m˜1 m above a top surface of the fish transfer mechanism ( 7 ); 
 the water supply tank ( 53 ) is connected to the dam structure ( 1 ) through a water supply pipe A ( 51 ), with one end extending into the water body of the dam structure ( 1 ) and connected to an electric ball valve A ( 52 ); 
 the water supply pipe A ( 51 ) is arranged in a winding manner, and the water supply tank ( 53 ) is connected to the fish transfer mechanism ( 7 ) through a water supply pipe B ( 54 ); and 
 the electric ball valve A ( 52 ) and an electric ball valve B are both electrically connected to a central controller ( 9 ).

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